Washington Heights, West Virginia

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Washington Heights (the US)
Coordinates: 38°2′8″N81°49′53″W / 38.03556°N 81.83139°W / 38.03556; -81.83139 Coordinates: 38°2′8″N81°49′53″W / 38.03556°N 81.83139°W / 38.03556; -81.83139
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Boone
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
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Washington Heights is an unincorporated community on the Spruce Fork in Boone County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Washington Heights lies to the south of Madison on West Virginia Route 17.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Boone County, West Virginia County in the United States

Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 24,629. Its county seat is Madison.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.


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